(CNSNews.com) – Abby
Johnson, a former director for Planned Parenthood turned pro-life activist and
author, is challenging Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards to a public
debate on whether Congress should continue to provide taxpayer funding to the
nation’s largest abortion provider.

Johnson, who worked for eight years at Planned Parenthood’s Bryan, Texas clinic,
said she could provide unique perspective “as a former insider who is now here
to tell the truth about how Planned Parenthood operates.”

Johnson’s book, “Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned
Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line,” detailed her move
from abortion rights advocate to pro-life activist. She witnessed an
ultrasound-guided abortion, and it changed her life. "I was taking a new stand,
beginning a new life," she said.

“For many years I was part of the deception that taxpayer funds don't finance
abortions at Planned Parenthood clinics, the deception that Planned Parenthood
wants to reduce the number of abortions, and the deception that Planned
Parenthood's highest priority is women's health and safety. You continue to
repeatedly perpetuate these deceptions and the public deserves to know the
truth,” Johnson said in a letter to
Richards on Monday.